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No, the Cook Islands are south of Hawaii,
In 1778, Captain James Cook gave the name "Sandwich islands" to what is now known as the Hawaiian islands, or Hawaii.
Captain James Cook visited the islands of Fiji, Hawaii, Cook Islands and New Zealand.
James Cook
Well...He discovered Hawaii in Hawaii, but if you mean when the in was in 1778
It was named the Sandwich Islands by Captain Cook.
The Cook Islands are in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. They are just east of Tonga and Fiji, and west of French Polynesia, in the ocean northeast of New Zealand.
Captain Cook gave them the name of the Sandwich Islands.
James Cook
Captain Cook named them the Sandwich Islands.
Captain Cook named them the Sandwich Islands.
The Sandwich Islands are now known by their original native name of Hawaii.